Mediastinitis associated with foreign body erosion of the esophagus in children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-97

  Kerschner, Joseph E ^a   Beste, David J ^a   Conley, Stephen F ^a   Kenna, Margaret A ^b   Lee, Dennis ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal foreign body; Esophageal perforation; Mediastinitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDIASTINITIS; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035859276     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(01)00454-2     Document Type: Article

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